Convert cubit (Egyptian Royal) to barleycorns | Category : length

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Convert cubit (Egyptian Royal) to barleycorn

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Definition and details for cubit (Egyptian Royal):

Egyptian Royal cubit (mahe) exists at least from around 2,700 B.C. This unit is defined as the length of a man's forearm from his elbow to the tip of his middle finger. The Egyptian royal cubit was 523 to 525 mm long. Our converter uses the average 524 mm.

Definition and details for barleycorn:

Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.

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